A wild yak of the high Tibetan Plateau, it is a species distinct from the domestic yak.
Long hair hangs from the neck, chest, flanks and rump. Both sexes have horns, but the male’s are larger and sweep outward and forward.
It mainly eats grasses, sedges and other herbs. It also eats mosses and lichens on mountain slopes.
It moves up and down mountain slopes to find seasonal forage.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.